The Grenada gazette., 1887-12-31
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

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Weak food will make weak col.
and unsound joints.
Milk for young pigs and calves
should be fed warm.
Where hens are not changed from
one locality to another. they will Law a
great many more eggs in the course Of
ayear Even the active leghoras form
an attachment to certain place.
In corn the proportion Of albu-
minoids to carbohydrates is one to
eight in bran it is one to three. By
mixing these foods tho proportion Of
one TO five may be obtained. which
careful experiment has shown to be the
best for animals. ST. Paul Pioneer
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"A Virginia farmer. who has been
experimenting with sorghum a. fod.
der crop for cows and feeding hogs,
finds that cattle eat it with relish,
especially when sown SO thickly
that the stalks are not larger than a
mans finger, and that hogs are not
only fond Of it, but grow finely on it
Indianapolis Journal
After forty years Of experiment.
Sir John B. Lawos finds that his grass
land contains twice as much nitrogen
as his titled land. The carly and late
growth Of the grass catches the soluble
salts of nitrogen, and takes them up
through the roots, and allows little Of
this fertility to leach away.
There are cows that are naturally
good for nothing, and nothing can be
done with them but to send them to
the butcher. But there are many val
liable COWS among our natives. and
many, indeed, that are exceedingly
fine cows. II such cows be we'll fed
and we'll cared for they will make
good breeders and will be cminently
satisfactory for dairy purposes. CHI.
cago Times
A German authority recommends
as very effectual an apparently very
simple method of protecting iron from
rust. The article is immersed in a
nearly saturated solution of chloride
of tin, then washed in water, and
afterward with weak ammonia. The
tin solution must not be too acid. or It
will attack the iron. The treated
metal appears like fIostod silver. =
ArkaNsaw Traveler.
Tho common red squirrel is in
some places great pest to pear grow
ers. The little rascal does net seem
to care for the fruit but cuts itin two,
eating out the seeds and leaving tho
tivided halves to rot The squirrel,
;hough beautiful, is destructive, and
should at least be kept within bounds,
)ne OF his worst habits is in destroying
ne nest and eggs Of birds that are
ully as beautiful as himself, and far
more valuable to man as deshvyors Of
'oxious insects. - Exchange.
Pines and their companions tho
'irches, indicate dry. rocky. sandy
r gravelly soil; beeches, = dryish,
halky or gravelly soil; elms and
ines. rich and somewhat damp
oil; oaks and ashes. a heavy clayey
oil. and poplars and willows, a low,
amp or marshy soil. Many Of these
fees are found growing together. and
is only when one species predoml-
atcs in number and vigor that 1t is
'uly characteristic of the soil and that
ortion Of the atmosphere in connec-
on with it. it.-Indianapolis Sentinel
The common aphis or plant louise
SO prolific and breeds with such
'piaity that it nothing prevents it
the progeny Of 4 single
ohis in ten broods would weigh as
uch IS One.third tho human populn-
on of the globe. Unchecked in one
'ar they would destroy every patch
vegetation In tho world and create
widespread famine. This will ex-
ain what plague was in Egypt
hen tho very dust was changed INTO
e. - TROY Times.